WOW. Russia Confirms Contact With Trump Campaign

I don't understand why you say they have a bromance. They've never even met or talked to each other.

Oh come one. You haven't been living under a rock! You know where the "bromance" thing comes from! ...Trump's mancrush on "stable buddy" Putin for
calling him a "genius", which really translated "colorful", I think.

I really do not understand how Hillary and the media and everyone else makes it seem like any kind of relationship with Russia is traitorous.

They seem to forget:

June 24, 2010

In one of his earliest new foreign policy initiatives, President Obama sought to reset relations with Russia and reverse what he called a “dangerous
drift” in this important bilateral relationship. President Obama and his administration have sought to engage the Russian government to pursue
foreign policy goals of common interest – win-win outcomes -- for the American and Russian people. In parallel to this engagement with the Russian
government, President Obama and his administration also have engaged directly with Russian society -- as well as facilitated greater contacts between
American and Russian business leaders, civil society organizations, and students -- as a way to promote our economic interests, enhance mutual
understanding between our two nations, and advance universal values.

It's been over five years since the United States and Russia vowed to "reset" their relationship. In that time, the two countries have had to
grapple with disagreements over Syria, Iran and Libya, as well as Russia's welcome to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and the U.S. condemnation of a
Russian-supported referendum in Crimea.

On Monday, the United States imposed sanctions on some of the highest ranking officials in the Russian government. Let's just say it: The reset is
dead.

Obama TRIED to have relations with Russia.
So why is it wrong for Trump to want that as well?
The problem is, Obama failed miserably.
Maybe the thought of Trump possibly being successful at something that Obama failed at is putting salt in their wounds.

"Asked later for clarification, a Foreign Ministry official declined to elaborate on Ryabkov’s remarks but said standard diplomacy called for
“contact with the leaders in the campaign” on matters such as clarifying statements by the candidate or conveying interview requests from Russian
journalists."

You lie, and you lie, and you lie more.

Another jem that breaks your hologram already quoted from the same source:

If this country is going to heal itself, you go after why it is the way it is, and change it. Trump has been showing this all along, and not in the
"conventional" way, because basically, those ways did not work.

The annexation of Crimea has changed things. But Trump seems to be alright with Russia cutting out pieces of its neighbors that it had treaties with.
This is why the West has been laying sanctions and diplomatic pressure.

Let's not get confused here. Putin is an expansionist...as long as he continues that we can never truly be friends. That's what our relationship with
China is starting to strain. Their heads have gotten large and they are starting to show signs of expansionism. Putin will probably be involved in WW3
one way or another, and the USA will undoubtedly side against him.

All good. It's just a former KGB officer with goals of reclaiming Soviet Union era territories leading a disinformation campaign against American
citizens during election time who also happened to be in direct contact with our president-elect's campaign.

I'd hope they were in contact. God forbid the nations of the world actually try to work together.

So basically... Trump creates diplomatic ties with Russia while Hillary accuses Russia of interfering with the election and threatens war against them
- and there are somehow idiots in this country who think this reflects negatively on Trump and not Hillary. I guess it's not surprising though with
all the news of Hillary supporters having cry-ins and mental breakdowns.

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Obama had contact with Germany! He's trying to destroy the United States!"
See how ridiculous it sounds?

I really do not understand how Hillary and the media and everyone else makes it seem like any kind of relationship with Russia is
traitorous.

That's not it at all. Simply having some sort of communication with foreign governments or their leaders as a candidate wouldn't be treason.

However, this particular campaign was lousy with people (particularly in the middle part) with ties to the Russian gov/Putin, there's this Putin
bromance and then there's the fact that it's all but certain that the Russian government was behind the hacking of the DNC and quite possibly
Podesta.

If there's something to be uncovered, I'd say there was at least a decent chance that Trump wasn't directly involved. If members of his campaign were
working as operatives for or in collusion with, a foreign government , that's something that needs to be dealt with.

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